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[ Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002 ]


GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith
GRAPHIC: Kahlil Smith

NEWS

It is a topic that has struck ringing chords of anger and fear in the hearts and minds of Penn State students and their families, growing in intensity each year.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Penn State student Cindy Song met yesterday to make an appeal to the public for assistance in the almost year-old investigation.

The son of murdered College Township couple William and Georgeann Opdenhoff was transferred to a psychiatric hospital while awaiting arraignment on fugitive charges, New York City police said.

Jack Purnell used to be embarrassed by his scooter. At first, once he reached his destination, the retired physician covered the wheeled contraption in a garbage bag. Then, one fateful day, he forgot his protective covering and was forced to show his wheels to the Penn State world.

Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate voted almost unanimously to disband the Tolerance and Equality Committee (TEC) last night.

USG under the scope

For the most part, the platform goals of the Undergraduate Student Government's (USG) executive branch -- an online waiting list for classes, expanded eatery hours, an off-campus student union and online services at Ritenour -- are in provisional stages.

Fostering diversity, lobbying Harrisburg on university appropriations and doing internal restructuring were the goals of some Undergraduate Student Government (USG) senators this year.

With its first legislation passed just this week, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Academic Assembly has taken a different approach from the other divisions of student government.

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New rules from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) could decrease the number of international students at Penn State.


SPORTS

The Nittany Lions are heading to Quaker country.

After its 2-1 win over then-No. 14 Boston College Sunday, the Penn State men's soccer team seems to have finally solved the riddle that is itself. Or has it?

They were close. Unfortunately, though, for Matt Frakes and Brad Nudell, they were playing tennis, not horseshoes or hand grenades.

The conventional wisdom of the sporting world says that a win is a win.

In 36 years of being Penn State's head football coach, there isn't much that Joe Paterno hasn't seen or experienced.

The two best teams in the Big Ten Conference won't play each other this year.

My Opinion: Dustin Dopirak

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OPINIONS

Union no: Rethink plans for off-campus site

My Opinion: Aaron Gentzler


Letters to the editor
ARTS

Femme trio Kittie will team with the up-and-coming Las Vegas band Clockwise to raise hell tonight at Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave.


WEATHER

Cloudy with periods of snow. High 34.


Online editor for this issue:
Kahlil Smith bio





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